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Out & About
Monday, August 5
Berkeley Gray Panthers Home Owners Meeting
3 p.m.
Berkeley Gray Panthers Office, 1403 Addison St.
Janet Brush of Senior Alternatives tells about planning for future housing and long term care.
548-9696
National Organization for Women East Bay Chapter monthly meeting
6:30 p.m.
Mama Bears Bookstore and Coffeehouse, 6536 Telegraph Ave.
Discussion of harassment of females at the Oakland Fire Department
Monthly meeting: National Organization For Women Oakland.
549-2970, 287-8948
Arts Education Department Open House
6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Richmond Art Center, 2540 Barrett Ave., Richmond
Meet teachers, see studios/galleries, info about classes in the arts.
620-6772
Free
Public Meeting to Plan a New National Park in Richmond
1:30 p.m.
Richmond Public Library, Whittlesey Room
325 Civic Center Plaza (near MacDonald Ave. and 25th St.)
Meeting to gather input for National Park Service to prepare plans that will guide development of historic W.W.II sites in Richmond.
817-1517
Free
Friday, August 9
Community Skin Cancer Screening Clinic
11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Markstein Cancer Education Center, Summit Campus, 2450 Ashby Avenue
Skin cancer screenings offered to people with limited or no health insurance. By Appointment only.
For more information or to make an appointment call 869-8833
Saturday, August 10
Poetry in the Plaza
2:30 p.m.
Berkeley Public Library, Central Branch, 2090 Kittredge
Quarter hour readings by well-known poets, dedicated to June Jordan.
981-6100
Free
Tomato Tasting
10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Berkeley Farmers' Market
Center Street at Martin Luther King, Jr. Way
Tasting and cooking demonstrations
548-3333
Free
Tea Bag Folding
2 to 4 p.m.
Albany Library, 1247 Marin Ave., Albany
Drop-in crafts program for ages 5 to adult.
526-3720 ext 19.
Free
Tree Stories
2 to 4 p.m.
Ecology Center, 2530 San Pablo, Berkeley
Come join us as author Warren David Jacobs reads from his book "Tree Stories."
548-2220 x233
Free
Sunday, August 11
Hands-on Bicycle Repair
11 a.m.-noon
REI Berkeley, 1338 San Pablo
Learn from an REI bike technician basic repairs such as brake adjustments and fixing a flat.
527-4140
Free
“Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport”
2:00 p.m.
Berkeley-Richmond Jewish Community Center
1414 Walnut St., Berkeley
Screening of Oscar-winning documentary about child holocaust survivors who were sent, without their parents, out of Austria, Germany, Poland and Czechoslovakia to Great Britain.
848-0237
$2 suggested donation
West Berkeley Arts Festival
11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
4th and University Ave.
Explore the many resident artists located in Berkeley. Free
Monday, August 12
The First East Bay Senior Games
10:30 a.m. clinic, 12:30 p.m. tee-off (approximate times)
Mira Vista Golf and Country Club
7901 Cutting Blvd. El Cerrito
A golfing event for the 50+ crowd, in association with the California and National Senior Games Association.
891-8033 (registration deadline July 29)
Varying entry fees.
Tuesday, August 13
Tomato Tasting
2 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Berkeley Farmers' Market
Derby Street at Martin Luther King, Jr. Way
Sample 35 different Tomato varieties
548-3333
Free
Berkeley Camera Club Weekly Meeting
7:30 p.m.
Northbrae Community Church, 941 The Alameda
Share slides, prints with other photographers
(510) 525-3565
Free
Wednesday, August 14
Holistic Exercises Sharing Circle
3:30 to 6:30 p.m.
wrpclub@aol.com or 595-5541 for information
Holistic Practitioners, Teachers, Students & Anyone who knows Holistic exercises take turns leading the group through an afternoon of exercises.
$20 for six-month membership
To publicize an event, please submit information two weeks in advance. Fax to 841-5694, e-mail to out@berkeleydailyplanet.net or mail to 2076 University Ave., 94704. Include a daytime telephone number.
